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Peter Robinson Threat of Resignation

The collapse of a trial of a man accused of An IRA bomb attack in which four soldiers were killed in Hyde Park ,London in 1982 has caused a political crisis in Northern Ireland.

The North’s First Minister and DUP leader Peter Robinson has threatened to resign over the matter and has given the British Government an ultimatum to address his concerns about secret letters given to republicans classified as “On the Run”. OTR’S

Earlier this week a judge ruled that Donegal man John Downey should not be prosecuted for the Hyde Park attack . It emerged that he had received an official letter assuring him he would not be prosecuted if he re-entered Britain.

Joining Sean was Belfast journalist Eamonn Mallie

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Judge’s Expenses

Earlier this week, Chief Justice Susan Denham warned the Government that it risks creating a more homogenous and “second best” judiciary by refusing to ease the financial burden on High Court judges who live outside Dublin.

Circuit and District Court judges are entitled to a travel allowance, but not those on the High Court.

Sean was joined by Ruadhan MacCormaic of the Irish Times, by barrister Tony McGillicuddy and by Tom O’Malley, Senior Lecturer in Law at NUI Galway.

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Fluoride

In recent weeks, campaigners designated Bantry as Ireland’s first fluoride free town after six businesses installed systems that will ensure that customers can consume food and drink made with fluoride free water. The West Cork Fluoride Free Campaign, which began in Bantry, has now spread to other towns, with Macroom Town Council the most recent to call for an end to public water fluoridation in Ireland. Sean was joined by physicist and cancer researcher at Oxford University Dr. David Robert Grimes and Brian O’Connell visited Bantry this week and met some of those who feel strongly about removing fluoride from our water supply.